Micky Droy
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Michael Robert Droy[1] | ||
| Date of birth | 7 May 1951 | ||
| Place of birth | Highbury, London, England | ||
| Position(s) | Central defender | ||
| Youth career | |||
| Arsenal | |||
| Hoddesdon Town | |||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| Slough Town | |||
| 1970–1985 | Chelsea | 272 | (13) |
| 1984 | → Luton Town (loan) | 2 | (0) |
| 1985–1986 | Crystal Palace | 49 | (7) |
| 1986–1987 | Brentford | 19 | (3) |
| 1987–1988 | Dulwich Hamlet | ||
| 1988–1991 | Kingstonian | ||
| Managerial career | |||
| 1994–1995 | Kingstonian | ||
| *Club domestic league appearances and goals | |||
Micky Droy (born 7 May 1951 in
the Football League during the 1970s and 1980s, spending 15 years with Chelsea but also playing for Luton Town, Crystal Palace and Brentford.[2]
Playing career
Droy was a tall and generally uncompromising
1983–84.[3] A feature on The Times' website summed him up as "six feet four inches of hard-core centre back, who had an unsentimental way with a headed clearance and who, from 1971, gave 15 years of no-nonsense service to a mortifyingly declining side."[4] He was Chelsea's Player of the Year in 1978.[5]
After a brief loan spell with
non-league football initially with Dulwich Hamlet and then for several years with Kingstonian,[2][7] where he was appointed assistant manager in September 1994,[8] before being appointed manager later in the month. Droy was removed from his post on 7 January 1995.[9] Droy later played for Chelmsford Sunday League club Priory Sports under Garry Hill, alongside former internationals Alan Brazil and Paul Parker.[10]
Post-playing career
He ran a successful electrical business and moved to Florida.[8][11]
References
- ^ "Micky Droy". Barry Hugman's Footballers. Retrieved 17 October 2015.
- ^ a b "Micky Droy". UK A–Z Transfers. Neil Brown. Retrieved 22 October 2009.
- ^ "Micky Droy Chelsea FC". Football Heroes. Sporting Heroes Collection. Retrieved 12 May 2014.
- ^ Smith, Giles (18 August 2009). "Top 50 Chelsea players". The Times. Retrieved 22 October 2009.
- ^ "Lamps Is Player Of The Year". Chelsea F.C. 22 April 2009. Archived from the original on 10 April 2013. Retrieved 12 May 2014.
- ISBN 0-9511640-0-7
- ISBN 0-356-17911-7.
- ^ a b Longmore, Andrew (14 November 1994). "Brady bows as paupers turn kings for a day" (reprint). The Times. Newsbank. p. 26. Retrieved 22 October 2009.
- ^ Official Matchday Magazine Of Brentford Football Club versus Preston North End 25/09/99. Blackheath: Morganprint. 1999. p. 41.
- ISBN 978-1909178434.
- ^ Slot, Owen (29 April 2005). "Chelsea's old foot soldiers stay proudly in the ranks". The Times. Retrieved 22 October 2009.
External links
- Micky Droy at Post War English & Scottish Football League A–Z Player's Transfer Database